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Mustard M
Mustard Aug 14, 2014 14:21:43
Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:
The "paying for it" line is a bit Daily Mail though...

Oh really?
So me paying a fortune on Moday and being kept behind a rope then another fortune on Tuesday for a "no-touch" half an hour, then a boozy reveller turning up for free and spending 5 hours standing on the stones on Wednesday as a result of a £200,000 annual event subsidy is not something I should moan about?

Is that rather peculiar state of affairs based on Cecil Chubb's Deed of Gift or the unmentionable fact that said boozy reveller et al might kick off citing exclusive spiritual rights of access if asked to give a single penny?

I'm well aware we can't pick and choose how taxes are spent but the above is a particularly unjust juxtaposition I'd have thought.

I thought you were referring to "paying" via taxes.

Nevertheless, your attitude is incredibly Daily Mail, Nige. It's very small-minded to resent other people getting something for free, and not everyone (by a bloody wide margin) who attends on the solstice is a "boozy reveller". You undermine your argument with the use of such hyperbole.

And FYI, I don't (and never plan to) attend Stonehenge on the solstice.

N nigelswift
nigelswift Aug 14, 2014 15:04:37
Replying to Mustard

"It's very small-minded to resent other people getting something for free"

So let's test your large-mindedness:

EH is skint. It has been given just £80 million to look after 400 massive properties forever and told to raise any further money if and where it can. Money matters.

The Druids say less than 2 dozen of them are present in the circle at Solstice yet tens of thousands are there insisting they should contribute nothing towards the £200K cost of the event - because it's their right.

So, how much money do YOU think is OK to spend on maintaining their (unproven) right? 400K? £1 million. £5 million? Surely you have a figure in mind at which you'd say - no, it would be better spent on some other heritage preservation? Or is there no limit lest someone calls you a Daily Mail reader?

Come on, no wriggling, how much should the event be subsidised by?

PS, lest you didn't notice, no wriggling! : £--------